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Benjamin Franklin “Ben” Smith

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Benjamin Franklin “Ben” Smith

Birth
Hart County, Kentucky, USA
Death
26 Jun 1917 (aged 71)
Butler County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Morgantown, Butler County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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direct descendant of Kentucky pioneers Gregory C &
Martha (Gott) Doyel/le. The subject's father was Liberty Robert Smith

first wife was Martha J "Mattie" Monroe, a direct descendant of Johnson and Amelia (Hooper) Monroe. She was the daughter of Valentine Glazebrook Monroe and Harriet Dudley McChesney. From the Smith-Monroe union Lelia V Smith Finley was borne.

The following was suggested by contributor Brenda White Broadway 47175704
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SMITH, miller, Morgantown, Butler Co., Ky., is the fourth child of Liberty R. and Cynthia Ann (Lewis) Smith, the former a miller, millwright and cabinet workman, born in 1812, in Virginia, and the latter born in 1813, in Green County, Ky. They had seven children: Daniel E. W., James P., Mary L. (wife of W. S. Overstreet), B. F., Margaret C. V. (deceased), Diocletian A. and Sarah J. In Hart County, Ky., on March 17, 18--, B. F. Smith first saw the light, but his boyhood was passed in Green County, where his parents soon removed. On September 9, 1869, he married Mattie J., daughter of Johnson and Harriet D. (McChesney) Monroe, by whom he had two children: Lelia V. and Leroy (deceased). Mrs. Smith died in June, 1876, and our subject was afterward married to M. E. Wand, youngest daughter of Judge Thomas P. Wand, of Morgantown, born in Woodbury, in 1853. They have three children: Robert Thomas, Leslie Albin and Edna May. Mr. Smith commenced milling when he was quite young, about fifteen years ago, and is now one of the principal owners of the Morgantown steam mill. He is a member of the Baptist Church, belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is a strong temperance advocate and a Democrat.

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The subject established the Smith Funeral Home
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direct descendant of Kentucky pioneers Gregory C &
Martha (Gott) Doyel/le. The subject's father was Liberty Robert Smith

first wife was Martha J "Mattie" Monroe, a direct descendant of Johnson and Amelia (Hooper) Monroe. She was the daughter of Valentine Glazebrook Monroe and Harriet Dudley McChesney. From the Smith-Monroe union Lelia V Smith Finley was borne.

The following was suggested by contributor Brenda White Broadway 47175704
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SMITH, miller, Morgantown, Butler Co., Ky., is the fourth child of Liberty R. and Cynthia Ann (Lewis) Smith, the former a miller, millwright and cabinet workman, born in 1812, in Virginia, and the latter born in 1813, in Green County, Ky. They had seven children: Daniel E. W., James P., Mary L. (wife of W. S. Overstreet), B. F., Margaret C. V. (deceased), Diocletian A. and Sarah J. In Hart County, Ky., on March 17, 18--, B. F. Smith first saw the light, but his boyhood was passed in Green County, where his parents soon removed. On September 9, 1869, he married Mattie J., daughter of Johnson and Harriet D. (McChesney) Monroe, by whom he had two children: Lelia V. and Leroy (deceased). Mrs. Smith died in June, 1876, and our subject was afterward married to M. E. Wand, youngest daughter of Judge Thomas P. Wand, of Morgantown, born in Woodbury, in 1853. They have three children: Robert Thomas, Leslie Albin and Edna May. Mr. Smith commenced milling when he was quite young, about fifteen years ago, and is now one of the principal owners of the Morgantown steam mill. He is a member of the Baptist Church, belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is a strong temperance advocate and a Democrat.

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The subject established the Smith Funeral Home
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